(solaris) 8059309: network tests fail with "java.net.SocketException: Couldn't obtain phys addr" when run as "root"

[Daniel Fuchs]

Hi Alan,

On 29/02/2020 07:54, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 28/02/2020 22:06, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> I'm also curious if there are any platforms or configurations where the 
> loopback has a hardware address. Mostly wondering if this should be 
> short circuited to consistently return null (I would expect any native 
> methods or fallback to be used).

See my reply to Bernd. Maybe short-circuiting for the loopback would
be an option - but I believe the fix is correct - whether loopback
is being queried or not.

best regards,

-- daniel

> 
> -Alan